COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAMBODIA (CDC)

3.7 DISBURSEMENTS BY PROVINCE IN 2004 AND
2005

49. The Royal Government needs reliable information on the regional distribution of the ODA to ensure that ODA supported activities are in line with the Government's regional development priorities. This the second time that the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC/CRDB) has attempted to collect information on the geographic location of the activities/beneficiaries of ODA supported activities. As compared to previous survey the development cooperation partners have reported information the geographic location of their programs activities for the years 2004 and 2005.

Table 14: ODA Disbursements by Province: 2004 & 2005

PROVINCE	DISBURSEMENTS in thousands of US$
	2004		2005
	US$	%	US$	%
Banteay Meanchey	5,935	1.1%	16,523	3.1%
Battambang	15,227	2.7%	11,272	2.1%
Kampong Cham	11,615	2.1%	14,351	2.7%
Kampong Chhnang	5,950	1.1%	4,971	0.9%
Kampong Speu	7,865	1.4%	7,546	1.4%
Kampong Thom	18,089	3.3%	17,084	3.3%
Kampot	11,701	2.1%	10,020	1.9%
Kandal	7,243	1.3%	21,005	4.0%
Koh Kong	2,781	0.5%	3,208	0.6%
Kracheh	17,676	3.2%	10,005	1.9%
Mondul Kiri	553	0.1%	1,409	0.3%
Phnom Penh	64,206	11.6%	53,162	10.1%
Preah Vihear	5,166	0.9%	3,112	0.6%
Prey Veng	11,209	2.0%	12,235	2.3%
Pursat	6,618	1.2%	5,253	1.0%
Ratanak Kiri	1,902	0.3%	2,936	0.6%
Siem Reap	29,436	5.3%	35,020	6.7%
Krong Preah Sihanuk	16,490	3.0%	9,713	1.9%
Stung Treng	18,992	3.4%	12,068	2.3%
Svay Rieng	8,817	1.6%	9,894	1.9%
Takeo	7,264	1.3%	8,009	1.5%
Otdar Meanchey	6,144	1.1%	7,862	1.5%
Krong Kep	857	0.2%	879	0.2%
Krong Pailin	1,345	0.2%	1,678	0.3%
Nation-Wide	260,412	46.9%	232,734	44.3%
Not Reported	11,901	2.1%	12,914	2.5%
TOTAL	555,392	100.0%	524,862	100.0%

50. The highlights of the data on ODA disbursements by province provided by development partners for the years 2004 and 2005 are as follows:

For just over 60 percent of ODA reported to have been disbursed in 2004, and nearly 57 percent in 2005, the geographic location of ODA supported programs and projects activities was reported as "Nation-Wide" or "Phnom Penh" or was "Not Reported".

CHART 7: PERCENT OF ODA DISBURSEMENT BY PROVINCE: 2004, 2005

2004

2005

* This is not an official map of the boundaries and is presented here only to illustrate the distribution of ODA by region.

Percent of Total ODA Disbursed
		2004	2005
	Nation-Wide	46.9%	44.3%
	Phnom Penh	11.6%	10.1%
	Not Reported	2.1%	2.5%
	Total	60.6%	56.9%

After Phnom Penh, the province of Siem Reap received the second highest proportion of ODA in both 2004 and 2005. It received 5.3 percent of total ODA disbursed in 2004 and 6.7 percent of the ODA disbursed in 2005.
In addition to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, a list of the top ten provinces that have received the most ODA in 2004 and 2005 is as follows:

2004		2005
Province	% of Total ODA Disbursed to the Province	Province	% of Total ODA Disbursed to the Province
i. Stung Treng ii. Kampong Thom iii. Kracheh iv. Krong Preah Sihanouk v. Battambang vi. Kampong Cham vii. Kampot viii. Prey Veng ix. Svay Rieng x. Kampong Speu	3.4% 3.3% 3.2% 3.0% 2.7% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0% 1.6% 1.4%	i. Kandal ii. Kampong Thom iii. Banteay Meanchey iv. Kampong Cham v. Prey Veng vi. Stung Treng vii. Battambang viii. Kampot ix. Kracheh x. Svay Rieng	4.0% 3.3% 3.1% 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9%

51. Detailed data on the contribution of various development cooperation partner categories (UN System Agencies, IFIs, EU, etc.) in each province is presented as Annex VI.

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